Self-Improvement – Noi Doc w/ Nam

12/05/202312/06/2023

How Seneca Dealt With Stress and Anxiety

“There are more things … likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”

Lucius Annaeus Seneca is one of the most discussed Stoics.

His most famous works include Letters from a Stoic and On the Shortness of Life, and they are studied by many philosophers and stoic practitioners.

And if any of the Stoics should get a pass for getting stressed out, it should be Seneca.

Why? Because this man faced a lot throughout his life. But despite the many terrible things he experienced, he remained mindful, and focused on the positives and on what he could control. Continue reading “How Seneca Dealt With Stress and Anxiety”

11/15/202311/21/2023

Two Easy Ways To Be More Mindful Even If You’re Short on Time

What is mindfulness? And how can you be more mindful throughout the day?

Did you know that an estimated 8.3 million American adults suffer from psychological distress?

According to an evaluation of federal health data, 3.4 percent of the U.S. population has issues with stress.

And when stress is not managed properly, it can lead to more mental health problems.

The University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute says that when stress is not managed, it can cause you to develop anxiety and depression, which can increase your chances of getting cardiovascular disease.

So how can you lower your stress levels? Continue reading “Two Easy Ways To Be More Mindful Even If You’re Short on Time”

05/02/201908/10/2022

The Tim Ferriss ‘Morning Routine’ And Why You Need One for Yourself

Morning routines are important because it helps you focus on what’s important at the present moment.

Morning routines. You’ve probably heard this term before from probably every single motivational and business guru you have listened to.

But morning routines aren’t a fad like certain types of workouts or diets that you often hear influencers talk about – they are the real deal.

They do work as they help make your day easier.

What Are Morning Routines?

If you don’t already know, morning routines are just that – a routine that you do every morning to prepare you for the day.

More specifically, they are activities that you do to help you be more organized and focused before you head out to work.

Essentially, it will help you be more productive because you know what to do and what to focus on.

As an example, here is Tim Ferriss’ morning routine.

This is one of the more popular ones as it is simple and can be easily mimicked: Continue reading “The Tim Ferriss ‘Morning Routine’ And Why You Need One for Yourself”

04/10/201908/10/2022

How to Pick a Hobby (And The Importance of Having One)

Here are some tips on how to pick a hobby because hobbies are great for relieving stress and promoting happiness.

Hobbies. Many people think that hobbies are just for children or grown immature adults who wear silly hats as they play with trains.

But these activities have a lot of positive benefits for adults.

It relieves stress, promotes happiness, and provides a social outlet, to name a few.

However, having a hobby can also give you something that drives you to master (yes, there is mastery in building train sets); it gives you an activity that you want to constantly improve at.

And this is important because it gives you purpose. And it’s really fun.

Yes, you could have a fulfilling career and a family that you love.

But what happens when you are retired and your family no longer needs you to support them? What are you going to do?

Are you going to sit around and watch 90’s sitcoms?

No, you need to do something productive. And your hobby can be that activity as it will be something that forces you to solve problems and try to get good at.

Take, for example, my mom.

When she was still working, she worked hard.

She rarely took vacations and pretty much devoted her life to work and taking care of her family. But when she retired, she didn’t have any activities that excited her or that she really wanted to do.

She had no hobbies.

So she would spend the majority of her time watching TV. And as time went by, her ability to think critically decreased.

She also got lazier. Continue reading “How to Pick a Hobby (And The Importance of Having One)”

04/03/201908/10/2022

How to Build a Daily Learning Routine

Bill Gates once said, “you don’t really start getting old until you stop learning.” This is true and you should continue to learn with a learning routine.

Learning is one of those activities that many people feel is unnecessary once you graduate from school (either high school or college).

But learning is very important for self-growth and many successful people continue to learn until the day they die.

But learning a new skill or subject can be difficult if you have a job that you have to attend to and/or children you have to take care of.

That’s why when you are picking a subject, you have to pick something that you’ll be excited to learn because you are going to dedicate your free time to mastering this new skill or topic.

Now here’s the hard question: How can you figure out what you should be learning?

Well, what do you like to do? What is something productive that you enjoy doing and would want to continually improve at? What activity do you want to master?

This is the thing that you need to learn, but I’ll talk more about how to find your passion in detail another time. Continue reading “How to Build a Daily Learning Routine”